mark bailey
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4 years ago
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Answer to: What to look for in a workbench?

Its a great Q - Cheers John...I should do a video about this... I make my own benches from 2x4 and top with 18mm ply or mdf. Leave 4" of overhang so...

4 years ago
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RE: Good news story

Looks cool - what finish/stain did you use?

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RE: Wood dye UV fading

Colortone is available from Stewmac - sometimes they refuse to ship it but lately seems OK.

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Answer to: Guitar design patent and copyright

Yes, you can but it is prohibitively expensive and does not protect you from overseas rascals...generally considered not worth the effort.

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RE: Transparent wood

Extremely nice - I want to ride it 😛

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Answer to: First Bass Design

Looks great! It is hard to come up with an original shape but I reckon you did it. What scale length are you going for?

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Answer to: Guitar design patent and copyright

You can copyright your design but here in the UK it is cost prohibitive and my understanding is that it does not help outside the UK so there are hard...

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Answer to: Neck pocket nominal depth for bolt on neck

I would start at 18mm deep for a bolt on neck socket - adjust from there to suit whatever bridge.

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Answer to: Table saw?

Get the blade first - I have both the Stewmac.com and the LMII.com version to fit a 5/8" spindle - the latter comes with 'stiffeners' not needed on th...

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RE: Ring or bubble marker dots

Here is the link to the relevant livestream - just one way to do it 😉

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RE: When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ...

I'll talk about this on the livestream tomorrow if that is OK with you lot?

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RE: When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ...

Yeah - not a fan of that truss rod - too big for me.

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